My Cat Sits On My Lap
Lesson Plan
Target Words:
- Cat
- Mat
- Sit
- Nap
- Lap
- Run
- Hop
Materials:
- Mat or sheet of paper
- Cat picture* or toy cat
- Word cards*
- My Cat Sits and Naps on My Lap target text*
*Items Included below.
State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will play with a pretend cat and read and write words with short vowel sounds, such as cat, sit, and run.
Literacy Activities
Read and enact texts together
- Engage the children in reading My Cat Sits and Naps on my Lap target text (see below).
- Have the children act out the text, taking turns moving a cat from a mat to their lap.
Write from dictation
- Give the children paper mats to write on.
- Have the children write words from the lesson on their mats (e.g., cat, mat, sit, nap, lap).
Sort words with same rime ending
- Have the children sort word cards (see below) into categories according to vowels.
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SEEL Target Texts
My Cat Sits and Naps on my Lap
I have a cat.
My cat has a mat.
She can sit on her mat.
But she likes to sit on my lap.
My cat has a mat.
She can nap on her mat.
But she likes to nap on my lap.
When I sit, my cat gets off her mat.
She runs to hop on my lap.
I let her nap on my lap.
I pet my cat in my lap.
Am I a mat for a cat?
I am a mat for a cat to take a nap!
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Standards
SEEL lessons align with Common Core Standards. Please see the standards page for the code(s) associated with this lesson.
http://education.byu.edu/seel/library/
1049151
My Cat Sits On My Lap